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OOP Definitions

• ADTs are called classes

• Class instances are called objects

• A class that inherits is a derived class or a subclass

• The class from which another class inherits is a parent class or superclass

• Subprograms that define operations on objects are called methods

• The entire collection of methods of an object is called its message protocol or message interface

• Messages have two parts--a method name and the destination object